battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Damascus
Battle of Damascus was a battle fought on 18 June 1941 at Damascus, in what is now Syria; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Syria–Lebanon campaign. The recorded result: Allied victory.
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Where it sits in the Syria–Lebanon campaign
Record
| Date | 18 June 1941 to 21 June 1941 | |
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| Place | Damascus, Syria 33.500N, 36.300E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Damascus 1148, 1.4 km N
- Capture of Damascus 1918, 1.4 km N
- Siege of Damascus AD 634, 1.6 km NW
- Siege of Damascus 1078, 1.6 km NW
- Battle of Marj al-Saffar 1303, 16 km S
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between AD 634 and 1941.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Sidon 15 June 1941
- After: Battle of Merdjayoun 19 June 1941
- All 10 engagements of Syria–Lebanon campaign
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
- Battle of Kiev Ukraine
Battle of Damascus is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Syria.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4671621, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Damascus (1941), revision 1370438235, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.